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Hello,
We have done covered lifelines, but it's a bit more complicated, especially given the hole sizes in typical stanchions.
If you are even remotely concerned about chafe, and even if you're not, always check for smoothness in the stanchion eyes before installation. Relieve any sharp edges obsessively. Once that's done, you can always splice on short bits of rope cover in the way of the stanchions, if they'll fit, or a layer or two of heat-shrink tubing. Both options require adding to the lifeline before the second splice. The heat-shrink requires being quite ginger with the temperature, so you don't melt the Spectra.
Having said that, I've seen some old Spectra lifelines,through some rough stanchion holes, with no appreciable signs of chafe.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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